Rachel Thibodeau and Larry Gatlin

Rachel Thibodeau is a multi-platinum, award-winning songwriter whose career launched with the chart-topping 4× Platinum hit “Good Directions,” co-written with Luke Bryan and recorded by Billy Currington. The song spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Country chart and earned her ASCAP’s Song of the Year and NSAI’s coveted “Ten Songs I Wish I’d Written” honor. Her catalog includes songs recorded by top artists including Trisha Yearwood, Luke Bryan, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Parmalee, Taylor Dayne, and Katharine McPhee. Her reach extends beyond the U.S., with multiple international #1 hits and platinum certifications.

As a performer, she has appeared on The Today Show and performed at the Grand Ole Opry, The Ryman Auditorium, The Listening Room Café, The Bluebird Cafe, CMA Fest, and festivals and shows across the country and around the world.

Over the course of a five-decade career that has taken the Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers from dusty Texas stages to White House performances, from Broadway to Grammy Awards to the top of the country charts, there has been one unifying element, music. Raised on Gospel music, the brothers first began entertaining audiences in churches and then with guest appearances on the Slim Willet radio and TV shows in Abilene, Texas when they were 2, 4, and 6 years old.

“Houston (Means That I’m One Day Closer To You),” “Midnight Choir (Mogen David),” and “She Used To Be Somebody’s Baby,” “I Don’t Want To Cry,” “Statues Without Hearts,” “What Are We Doing Lonesome,” “I’ve Done Enough Dyin’ Today,” “Take Me To Your Lovin’ Place,” “Night Time Magic,” “Love Is Just A Game,” “The Lady Takes The Cowboy Every Time,” and “Talkin’ To The Moon.” It was also in 79′ that Larry Gatlin won the ACM’s “Top Male Vocalist,” Straight Ahead won “Album of the Year,” and “All The Gold In California” won “Single of the Year.”